OREGON EMERALD
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Parker, Nell Warwick, Anne Dawson.
HOME ECONOMICS GRANTED
By a unanimous vote of the Board of
Higher Curricula of the state in its
meeting yesterday afternoon a course in
Home Economics was granted the Uni
versity. This ia a very gratifying decis
ion; yet it was a decision the board was
in duty hound to render. Henceforth
the University will be adequately provid
ed with courses to make the all-around
woman. The woman who comes to the
University henceforth will not only be
able to prepare herself for u professional
life but she can at the same time get
the principles of boinemakiing which
will make her the successful homemaker.
It is u fullacy of the worst kind to
endeavor to make a potato out of a
beet. Yet it would seem there hus been
an endeavor at least to try and profes
sionalize woman on the same pluue as a
man. But this is an impossible thing to
do since the woman is the mother and
wife and us such is the homemaker. To
not adequately prepare her for the home
then is to send out into the state a mul
titude of women whore training is in
sufficient to make the successful home,
and the unsuccessful home is the worst
enemy of the state.
It is most fitting that the women
of the University he given the opportun
ities of careful and scientific training
for the Lomernuking while at the same
time receiving the broader education in
tlie professional schools. For In the long
run this e, mbination of courses fits her
in equipping her children witli a foun
dation which is a big step toward a still
more sound und stable state.
REMEMBER OREGON.
Mnny will lx1 leaving tomorrow for
their homes and there to spend the
Spring vacation. Mother’s pantry will
soon be raided and the favorite cake and
pie will be used to satiate the avar
icious appetites of tile returning sons
and daughters. Hut between bites re
member you are Oregon students and
maintain your loyalty t the Univer
sity at home as well as \ bile here. Main
tain it by boosting for a bigger and
greater Oregon. Remember we are never
satisfied with the past or present. We
are simply using the present to make
the future productive of gratifying re
sults. Boost then and be a booster of
the first rank.
It is said the Oregana this year is
going to bawl out every portion in the
University. Stripped down then it will
be bar0 facts.
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By the way some people are going up
in tin' air these days over the war scare
we should anticipate a course in avia
tion would bo most suitable for bring
ing them to earth again. In other words
they would rise to get their bearings.
Well, so-long for the vacation!
PUBLISHES CHILD DATA
Dr. De Busk Rouses Interest in Port
land School Problem.
Portland teachers have hud their in
terest aroused in the backward child
problem by statistics published by Dr, B.
W. DeBusk, professor of education.
There are 10,000 backward children in
Oregon and these cost the state $300,000
in actual expense a year. The percent
age in Oregon is about the same -as in
other states. It is figured that 35 out of
every 100 children are backward, 20
merely caused by slow development,
while 15 fail on account of physical trou
ble. The causes of defective children
are: 50 to 00 per cent ave dental trou
bles, 10 per cent have adenoids and de
fective tonsils, 20 per cent have defective
vision, and five per cent suffer from bad
hearing. The first grade shows 12*4 per
cent of failures which decrease to the
sixth grade, the number ascends through
the seventh, after which the survivors
show an increasing ratio of mental capa
city.
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REGENTS RECEIVE BIDS
The executive committee of the hoard
of regents are now receiving bids for
the gravel and tiling to he used on the
new athletic field. These bids must be
sealed and handed in? at the University
business office sometime before
Tuesday, April 10.
The bids are to be oh approximately
oOOO cubic yards of medium sized grav
el, and are to be submitted tier cubic
yard. The bidders are invited to visit
the location and familiarize themselves
with tln> amount of gravel which it
would require.
Students at the University of Mich
igan meet once a week for the purpose
of conducting singing and cheering prac
tices in order that there shall be no loss
of college spirit during the iuterem be
tween football seasons.
Send the Emerald home
Friday April 6th 1917
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NEW DORM TO BE
SOUTH OF SPIELER
Plans Made for Building; to Be
Constructed on Unit
System.
Bids Wanted Soon for Univer
sity Armory to Be Complet
ed in September.
Thu new Womens’ dormitory will be
located just south of Mary Spiller hall,
according to President P. L. Campbell
who returned yesterday from a meet
ing held Friday night of the executive
committee of the board of regents. The
space between the new dormitory and
the cemetary will be partly occupied by
a women’s athletic field.
The dormitory will be built on the unit
system. The first unit will probably
be completed by the second semester of
next year. The $50,000 recently appro
priated by the regents will be used in its
construction. This unit will be part of
a quadrangle to be flanked later on the
south by the Women’* building.
The Women’s dormitory will be con
structed on the unit type as distinguish
ed from the corridor type. The girls
will be housed in groups of three, and
each group will be given three rooms,
a study room, a dressing room, and a
sleeping porch. One of the girls will
be responsible to the dean of women for
the conduct in her group. Four groups,
or twelve girls, will occupy one floor >f
each unit of the dormitory and these
twelve girls will be in charge of a senior
girl. The 30 girls on the three floors
will constitute a group responsible to
some faculty member.
In the dormitory to be constructed
this year, there will be three sections,
the whole structure to be in the shape of
an “L”. This structure ^vill aceojmodate
about 78 girls, a portion of the building
being taken up by the dining room,
kitchen, social parlor, quarters for the
help, and apartments for the dean of
women.
As the University grows and they be
come necessary, three other similar “L”
shaped structures will be erected to the
north and west of the first unit. Beweeu
two of these buildings will be erected
another rectangular in shape, the five
structures to surround a court, which
will be for the use of University girls
only.
South of the first unit, the proposed
Women’s building will be erected, a drive
way of about 30 feet separating it from
the first unit. South of this building
and extending to the cemetery line, will
he constructed an athletic field for wo
men.
Bids for the University armory and
for the athletic field will he asked for
soon and partial plans for those im
provements were discussed at the meet
ing of the executive committee. The
armory will be located just east of the
Men’s gymnasium and wiil be 130 feet
long and 81 feet wide. The floor will be
of earth. The showers and additional
lockers to be installed in the gymnasium
soon will be used by the cadets. Accord
ling to the plans 350 men will be able
to drill in the building at one time. The
armory will be ready for use in Septem
ber.
Ministers’ Missions Conference'
in Salem April 6, 7, 8.
Dean Fox to Speak to Women
on Topic, “Woman’s Part
in World Movement.”
All members of ho Univirsity Y. M.
A. or Y W. C. ... are invited to at
tend the Ministers Missions conference
to he held iu Salem on April (t. 7. S. Any
member of either asoeiation is entitled
to be a delegate.
Dean Elisabeth Fox. will be among
the speakers at the conference. Miss
Fox will speak the afternoon of Satur
day April 7 to the members of the Y.
NY. C. A. on the topic, "Woman’s Part
in the Present World Movements.”
The purpose of the conference, ,v ex
pressed by .1. D. Foster, is "to present
the ministry and missions as life voca
tions.”
Oregon has at present about 25 stu
dents intending to take up the above
vocations. The following who have dffi- I
nitely decided on Mission work as life
vocation will attend as delegates from
here: Helen Hrenton, Aldis Webb.
James Met'allum, Clinton Thienes. Paul
Spangler. Randall Scott. Harold Hum- !
bert, Goldie Wells. Mae Harbert. Ray
llausler, Frank Campbell. Richard
Thompson. Kenneth Hendricks. Harold
Jenkins. Joe Boyd, F.rvin Stone. Helene
Read, Zona Vernon, Leo Coasman, aud
J. D. Foster.
Last year over 1100 attended the con
for Easter . ..
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ferenca at Corvallis. Oregon was the
most conspicuous of any college, having
19 delegates*, Due ’o th; fact that three
days of the conference are the first
three days of spring vacation the num
ber'will probably he increased greatly
this year. Students whose hornet, are in
the northern part of the state will be
able to drop off in Salem for the three
days.
Round trip rates of one and a third
fare will be given by both roads of
transportation, Foster says that free en
tertainment will be provided for all at
tending.
The conference is a nation-wide in
stitution, each state having^jjt in some
form or name and holding annual meet
ings. It is an old institution with each
college of the state sending it’s dele
gates. 'Within the last few years the
work of the conferences has forged in
to prominence and consequently each
year sees an increase in attendance.
0. EMPLOYSSTUDENTS
Office Pays $518.48 in Salaries
to 45 Assistants.
Literary, Journalism, Spanish,
Extension Departments
Hire Scholars.
University students received $518.48
from the L'niversi".- alone during the
last month. Some did4 janitor work;
some were assistants in the library,
and one received $8.25 for posing for
an art class.
Forty-five students were employed in
all. doing 17 different kinds of work.
Work is given to students of the Univer
sity whenever possible. Last month, ac
cording to figures in the business office,
was an average mouth for student em
pnymenf.
Being a libary assistant was the most
popular with student employees. It
gave work to 11 students and paid
$126.58. Janitor work was next in giv
ing employment to nine students and
paying ${>5.45.
Other departments employed as fol
lows :
Assistant in geology department,
$11.25; two assistants in the journalism
department $25.75; assistant in multi
graphing. $t>.oN; two assistants in public
speaking department $14.40; assistant in
Sprnish $20; University 1‘ress $1; four
assistants in zoology department $274.75;
one clerical worker it; comptroller’s of
fice, $25; two assistants in registrar's
office, $40,110; correcting papers in ex
tension division $12.00; messenger ad
ministration office. $10.75; two readers
in English department $45.
One student received $2.07 for making
signs.
SPAETH TO SPEAK IN SEATTLE
l>r. ,1. Duncan Spaeth, preceptor of
English at Princeton University and in
struotur at the summer school session
at the University of Oregon for the past
two years, has been requested by the
University of Washington to deliver the
commencement address before the grad
uate students on June 18.
Private dancing lessons for beginners.
Gladys Frau*, 1201 Aider Street.
Easter Egg Dyes
Assorted and Plain Colors
Perfumes all orders domestic ^and imported. Something
to make cheerful and harmonize with the Easter Bonnett.
The University Pharmacy
Sidney R. Allen, Prop.
Cor. 11th and Alder Phone 229
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